Waterloo councillors have reacted with dismay to the news that no funding is currently available for a permanent library, but the council insists it is committed to finding a new site.
Isha Sesay, a year 10 pupil at St Saviour's and St Olave's School in New Kent Road, has won the inaugural Jack Petchey Foundation Speak Out Challenge Southwark final.
Tate Modern's £165 million extension this week received planning permission from Southwark Council. It could be ready in time for the 2012 London Olympics.
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